page_title: Ornithoptera victoriae
section_title: Conservation
hierarchical_section_title: Ornithoptera victoriae / Conservation
caption_attribution_description: A dorsal photograph of the Queen Victoria's Birdwing Butterfly- Ornithoptera victoriae regis (Rothschild, 1895). Six eggs.
context_page_description: Ornithoptera victoriae, the Queen Victoria's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae, found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
  What was originally described as Ornithoptera allotei, is a natural hybrid between Ornithoptera victoriae and Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus.
context_section_description: The species is not rare, but some populations are declining due to deforestation.
  Ornithoptera victoriae is, like all other birdwing butterflies, a strictly protected species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES, meaning that international trade is restricted to captive-raised specimens. The Solomon Islands, which include a significant part of this species' range, only became a signatory to CITES in 2007, while Papua New Guinea has been a signatory for many years. Despite the fact that the Solomon Islands has engaged the CITES controls, a vestigial United States Fish and Wildlife Service ruling has not been updated and so importation of O. victoriae from the Solomon Islands (but not from Bougainville or Papua New Guinea) to the United States remains prohibited.
caption: Eggs of Ornithoptera victoriae regis
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